Exploring the Motor Makes use of of Devices in Music Remedy- Buffalo Drum, Ocean Drum, and Tambourine
by Madison Michel, MT-BC
Hey all, Madison right here. For my graduate practicum venture in achievement of my grasp’s in music remedy at Colorado State College (distance), I made a decision to delve into devices and the inventive methods we will use them as music therapists to deal with motor wants with all kinds of purchasers.
This can be a useful resource meant for different music therapists, college students, associated professionals, anybody inquisitive about music remedy. The next profiles are 3 of 8 complete by which I discover methods to make use of the devices to deal with a number of motor wants.
You’ll want to click on by way of the hyperlinks to the demonstration movies in every profile for an much more in depth take a look at every instrument. I hope you study from and revel in this venture!
Profile on Motor Makes use of of the Buffalo Drum
Historical past of the Buffalo Drum
The Buffalo Drum is a Native American drum made by stretching buffalo hyde over a home made wood body. The drum supplied non secular connection for a lot of Native American tribes and was utilized in non secular ceremonies. Being the keeper of the sacred drum was thought of a excessive honor, and the drum was seen as a transferring, respiration entity of non secular life.
Music Remedy and the Buffalo Drum
Whereas music therapists don’t typically use conventional buffalo drums, manufactured drums provide most of the similar wealthy and vibrant sound qualities. Discover one right here: Remo Buffalo Drum. Holding the buffalo drum whereas it’s performed provides a wealthy sensory expertise, incredible to be used with populations who’ve sensory wants. The buffalo drum may be performed by hand or utilizing a mallet, providing many choices to deal with motor targets even earlier than adapting the instrument. The buffalo drum has a large diameter, permitting loads of room for visible illustration on the drum’s floor for the music therapist to utilize as nicely.
See Madison’s Demonstration Video: Exploring Motor Makes use of of Devices in Music Remedy- Buffalo Drum
Arm flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, inner and exterior arm rotation, endurance, leg flexion
Shift drum to numerous positions to focus on specified motor actions, make the most of timer or time interval (verse or refrain of a music) to facilitate repetitions.
Make the most of adaptive grips when taking part in with mallets as wanted.
Greedy, endurance, energy coaching
1. Have the shopper grasp and maintain the buffalo drum in specified place whereas therapist performs.
2. Have shopper grasp and play the drum with a mallet for an prolonged time frame.
3. Have shopper grasp various gadgets like water bottles or weights and play drum whereas holding them in a managed trend.
Make the most of adaptive grips when taking part in with mallets or different gadgets as wanted.
Sensory/motor stimulation
Maintain the drum near an space of the shopper’s physique in want of stimulation or have shopper maintain the drum throughout lap or torso. Play the drum at assorted volumes and tempos to permit the shopper to expertise tactile, proprioceptive, vestibular, and auditory stimuli.
Look ahead to indicators of over/underneath stimulation and regulate as applicable.
Visible motor coordination
1. Place visible targets on varied factors of the buffalo drum for the shopper to intention for in sequence
2. Cue shopper to throw or toss tennis ball or ball with Velcro on it in direction of the drum as a visible goal.
Make the most of Velcro strips to position visible representations in assorted areas on the buffalo drum floor.
Profile on Motor Makes use of of the Ocean Drum
Historical past of the Ocean Drum
The Ocean Drum is believed to originate from Native American water drums. These had been comprised of strong wooden or dried clay containing various quantities of water on the within. The Ocean Drum is comprised of a hooped body with dried hyde stretched over it containing small beads. The fashionable model is made with artificial materials relatively than animal hyde and sometimes has one clear plastic facet so you possibly can see the beads inside. Discover one to buy right here.
Music Remedy and the Ocean Drum
The ocean drum is a wealthy and vibrant instrument utilized by many music therapists. It is available in assorted styles and sizes for ease of transport and may even be handmade from on a regular basis home goods. Listed below are instructions to make your personal. Hitting the drum historically creates a snare like sound, however the beads increase its expressive capabilities past that of an on a regular basis drum, making it extremely versatile for the cellular music therapist who might have restricted room of their instrument wagon.
See Madison’s Demonstration Video: Exploring Motor Makes use of of Devices in Music Remedy- Ocean Drum
- Angling the drum whereas holding it in order that the beads transfer back and forth can present vestibular stimulation as the load of the beads shifts.
- Vestibular stimulation will also be supplied by holding the drum over the pinnacle whereas shifting the beads to provide a way of motion.
- Tactile exploration may be utilized throughout music making to discover the assorted textures of the drum head. (fibrous, plastic, pliable, onerous, and many others).
- Ocean drums with clear drum heads can present visible stimulation for attentional visible concentrating on, particularly if the beads are colourful.
Higher/decrease extremity flexion and extension
- Use the ocean drum as a goal for various ranges of movement within the legs and arms.
Endurance/Power and greedy within the higher extremities
- Depending on the scale of the ocean drum, weights can differ drastically, making them nice selections for assembly all kinds of want in constructing energy and endurance for prolonged durations of time whereas music making.
Diversified sizing in band thickness can provide apply greedy and manipulating an merchandise whilst weight shifts.
Profile on Motor Makes use of of the Tambourine
Historical past of the Tambourine
A standard handheld tambourine consists of a rounded ribbon as a base with a drumhead stretched throughout. The ribbon has a gap or deal with to assist the tambourine and a number of row of steel jingles/jangles equally spaced across the ribbon. Early makes use of of tambourine date again to spiritual makes use of in historic Greece, Rome, and the higher Center East. Within the thirteenth century, Crusaders introduced the tambourine again to Europe, the place it has been used since in assorted sorts of Western music. Of explicit notice with tambourine is its multi stylistic use in orchestral music, pop music, conventional people music, and non secular music.
Music Remedy and the Tambourine
The tambourine provides suggestions from tapping, shaking, or nearly some other sort of manipulation you possibly can consider, and trendy variations may be present in an enormous number of styles and sizes. This, paired with its huge stylistic use, makes the tambourine a very long time software within the music therapist’s toolbox. Variations to the tambourine permitting it to be strapped onto an individual or stand, relatively than grasped, make it a superb adaptive motor instrument. Discover all kinds of tambourines at X8 drums or at any music retailer/web site.
See Madison’s Demonstration Video: Exploring Motor Makes use of of Devices in Music Remedy: Tambourine
- Tapping the tambourine on varied elements of the physique can present proprioceptive and tactile enter for people with sensory wants. The totally different textures of tambourine together with the drum head, gap, ribbon, and jangles enable for various texture exploration.
- The tambourine is a very efficient software for assembly sensory wants within the fingers. Manipulating the jangles with the fingers can present a sensory outlet that may immediately contribute to the reside musicing expertise.
Greedy/Endurance/energy
- With so many variations with dimension and form, tambourines provide all kinds of grasps to apply sustained motion and play which builds endurance and energy.
- Following motion directives at assorted tempos for set durations of time can goal muscular tissues in several methods whereas taking part in the tambourine.
- Adaptive stands can enable the tambourine to be mounted at assorted heights with a view to goal varied higher extremity reaching targets throughout music actions.
Foot flexion and ambulatory suggestions
- Foot tambourines can be utilized to particularly goal foot flexion, typically a primary step when engaged on decrease extremity mobility.
- Foot tambourine provides steady auditory suggestions to the participant sporting it, making it helpful for a wide range of decrease extremity mobility work akin to toe tapping, marching, weight shifting, and strolling